Experimentation

Examples

• In the beginning of his experimentation he had made the conditions of test very severe by the construction of forms similar to that shown in the sketch below. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The hours of this occupation were long, but the work was not particularly heavy, and Edison soon found opportunity for his favorite avocation--chemical experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The lack of such a place never prevented experimentation, however, as long as he had a dollar in his pocket and some available hole in the wall. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The key was in the lock, and a few moments of investigation and experimentation were rewarded with the successful opening of the receptacle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• For these methods are nothing but experimentation carried out under conditions of deliberate control. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Hence, all superfluous cash was devoted to experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This was the result of nine years' experimentation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Needless to say, the working out of the conditions and processes of manufacture of the materials has involved great ingenuity and endless experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Experimentation, in other words, is not equivalent to blind reacting. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• After having studied chemistry under Dalton at Manchester, he became engrossed in physical experimentation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• For modern psychology emphasizes the radical importance of primitive unlearned instincts of exploring, experimentation, and trying on. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The conversations with Edison that elicited these stories brought out some details as to peril that attends experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Is it the sort of trying that would arouse observation and engage experimentation outside of school? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Experience as Experimentation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Experimentation was incessantly going on with this in view, and in the processes of evolution changes were made here and there that resulted in a still greater measure of perfection. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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